Learning Large Lessons The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era

• Main Author: Johnson, David E. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2007
• Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; Air forces & warfare; History; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The relative roles of U.S. ground and air power have shifted since the end of the Cold War. At the level of major operations and campaigns, the Air Force has proved capable of and committed to performing deep strike operations, which the Army long had believed the Air Force could not reliably accomp...